Dominic Thiem is the most recent player to receive plaudits for his sportsmanship during a match. The Austrian gifted a point to opponent David Goffin during their third-round encounter at the Australian Open. At 1-1 in the second set, Goffin hit a ball that was called long by the linesperson

Up until today, Kei Nishikori had beaten exactly one Top 40 player on clay. That was Mardy Fish—who was never accused of being a clay-court expert by anyone—whom Nishikori eliminated in Houston way back in 2011. But today Nishikori earned some street cred in the dirtballing crowd by taking out

WATCH: Frances Tiafoe debuted the new line of Yonex racquets at the Mubadala Citi DC Open.

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—We know that matches can turn on one point or one shot, but Roger Federer’s 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal win over Juan Martin del Potro here was, for all intents and purposes, over after one call in the first game. At deuce—one of many deuces in that game—a Federer

With their match at Roland Garros on Sunday, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will have done something that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have yet to pull off: Play a final against each other at each of the four Grand Slams. Based on that statistic alone, it’s past time that

Out since September, Sloane Stephens plans to begin hitting again in December, TENNIS.com has learned. The American lost to Johanna Larsson in the second round of the U.S. Open and then traveled to the Guangzhou International on September 15, but suffered a wrist injury in her first-round loss and stopped

PARIS (AP) — World No. 5 Jessica Pegula has withdrawn from Roland Garros because she is not fully fit to compete at the clay-court Grand Slam. The American was a quarterfinalist at Roland Garros two years ago. The tournament starts on Sunday. Pegula was hampered by a neck injury earlier

Today, on the first day of August, we enter that all-too-brief window of time when U.S. tennis fans get to see what it feels like to be everyone else. On Sundays, we'll get to know exactly when the finals of our tournaments will be played, and that they’ll be broadcast

After crashing out in the first round of the US Open, Ana Ivanovic announced she is cutting her season short. The world No. 31 is taking time to heal a wrist injury and a repair a broken toe (that she injured during the Australian Open back in 2015... yikes). In

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Craig Reedie referenced Maria Sharapova's earnings and the two-year anti-doping suspension the Russian received while discussing the organization's activities, according to The Telegraph. "I suspect that we probably punch pretty well above our weight when it comes to the amount of work that is achieved

Wedding bells are ringing for Marta Kostyuk 💍 Photos of Kostyuk nuptials to fiancé Heorhii appeared on social media on Wednesday, showing the world No. 39 in a chic wedding dress and a luxurious Cyprus ceremony. Kostyuk previously announced her engagement back in April, just a few weeks after winning

Just when we were getting over Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from the Australian Open after his long-awaited return to tour, and the tennis world was back in motion in Melbourne, the Spaniard found a way to creep back into our heartstrings by reuniting with his longtime rival, the one and only

As Alexander Zverev said on Instagram, "not your everyday tennis rally." The No. 2 seed in Acapulco posted a routine 6-3, 6-3 win over qualifier Alexei Popyrin, complete with an unusual point. After subduing the rising teenager, Zverev will face a challenge in veteran David Ferrer on Wednesday night for

“When I first went to Orlando two years ago, as we were looking potentially for sites just for player development . . . I wanted to do what I thought was right for the USTA and for tennis in the country.”—Patrick McEnroe, in the press conference announcing that he is

After a tough loss in the third round of the Australian Open to eventual semifinals CoCo Vandeweghe, Eugenie Bouchard hit the beach, hard. Instead of adventuring to one of the many Australian beaches, the Canadian ended up at Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, in Puerto Rico.

These kids are all right. Thirteen-year-old actress Saniyya Sidney excitedly shared the news on her Instagram and Twitter channels: She will portray Venus Williams in King Richard, the Richard Williams–focused biopic that will surely be a family affair.

When life gives you quarantine, launch a fitness brand! So seems to be the strategy for Greek starlet Maria Sakkari, who is making the most of 14 days in Melbourne isolation with the debut of Sparring with a Spartan—a series that taps into her heritage and challenges fans and fellow

LONDON (AP) - Down a break at 3-1 in the first set, defending champion Novak Djokovic kept his cool on the hottest day in Wimbledon history. Running off 13 points in a row, Djokovic seized command and stayed in front the rest of the way on Centre Court as he

Serena Williams may know a thing or two about sitting front row at Fashion Week, but this time it was mini-me Olympia who stole the show in Milan. The 23-time Grand Slam winner spent a night out in Italy with her family as they took in Gucci’s Fall 2022 show

WATCH: Before beating Caroline Garcia, Marta Kostyuk saved match points in her first-round win over Bianca Andreescu.